Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

(German, 1884–1976)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was a German painter and member of the Expressionist movement Die Brücke. His Self-Portrait with Monocle (1910) is a hallmark example of the vivid color, jagged shapes, and unrefined mark-making for which he is best known. Born Karl Schmidt on December 1, 1884 in Chemnitz, Germany, he enrolled at the Dresden Polytechnic University 1905, where he met fellow architecture students Erich Heckel, Fritz Bleyl, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Together with his peers he founded Die Brücke, a collective workshop for painting, sculpting, and printmaking. The artist added the name of his hometown, Rottluff, that same year. In 1906, he discontinued his architectural studies and devoted himself solely to his painting practice. Throughout the following decades, after the disbanding of Die Brücke in 1913, the artist spent his summers painting on the Baltic coast and teaching at the Prussian Academy in Berlin. In 1936, he was officially prohibited by the Nazi regime from exhibiting his work. In exile till 1947, he returned to Berlin where he lived out the rest of his life, dying at the age of 92 on August 10, 1976. Today, Schmidt-Rottluff’s works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Städel Musuem in Frankfurt am Main, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Albertina in Vienna, among others.

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GARTENBLUMEN, 1944

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GARTENBLUMEN, 1944

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BAUMREIHE IN EINER LANDSCHAFT

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BAUMREIHE IN EINER LANDSCHAFT

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KUB IN LIEBE, 1918

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KUB IN LIEBE, 1918

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WELLEN, 1927

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WELLEN, 1927

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ALTE STADT (MOTIV AUS SCHLAWE), 1921

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ALTE STADT (MOTIV AUS SCHLAWE), 1921

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KOPFE II, 1911

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KOPFE II, 1911

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MARIA, 1918

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MARIA, 1918

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BURG AUF FEHMARN, 1920

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BURG AUF FEHMARN, 1920

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FRAUENKOPF, 1922

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FRAUENKOPF, 1922

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STILLEBEN MIT EXOTISCHEM KOPF, 1950

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STILLEBEN MIT EXOTISCHEM KOPF, 1950

Sale Date: May 25, 1991

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FRAUENKOPF 26 X 35 CM., 1916

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FRAUENKOPF 26 X 35 CM., 1916

Sale Date: May 25, 1991

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DREI AM TISCH, 1914

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DREI AM TISCH, 1914

Sale Date: May 22, 1991

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MUTTER (SCHAPIRE 194), 1916

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MUTTER (SCHAPIRE 194), 1916

Sale Date: May 10, 1991

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STILLEBEN.

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STILLEBEN.

Sale Date: May 9, 1991

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916–1916

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916–1916

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ELBHAFEN, 1907–1907

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ELBHAFEN, 1907–1907

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FRAUENKOPF, 1919–1919

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FRAUENKOPF, 1919–1919

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SONNENUNTERGANG AUF DER FOHRDE, 1915–1915

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SONNENUNTERGANG AUF DER FOHRDE, 1915–1915

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916–1916

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916–1916

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"FRAUENKOPF"

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LESENDER MANN, 1922–1922

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LESENDER MANN, 1922–1922

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"SEHR ERFREUT GRAUTLIERN WIR HERZLICHST"

Sale Date: March 13, 1991

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LANDSCHAFT.

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LANDSCHAFT.

Sale Date: February 14, 1991

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LANDSCHAFT

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

LANDSCHAFT

Sale Date: February 14, 1991

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